Mario Borghezio showed his EU deputy's card, but since he did not
have an invitation the cantonal police were called. Borghezio
claims that the security guards "laid violent hands" on him and
his colleague, leaving one of them with a bloody nose.

They were expelled from the canton and forbidden to return until
the conference is over.

The Italian embassy in Bern has requested an inquiry into the
incident, according to
Swiss Info.